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Species & Hybrids Tender Winter Protection

myriantha

Buddleja myriantha forms a small shrub with pale green leaves and spikes of violet-blue flowers in the summer. This species requires winter protection in the UK in order to ensure flowering.

 

 History

Described and named in 1912 by the German botanist Dr. Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels.

B. myriantha grows in the Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan Provinces of China plus Myanmar. Naturally plants grow in open woodlands, forest edges, thickets and on stream banks at altitudes of 400-3400m.

 

  • Flower Colour: Violet-blue
  • Habit: Shrub
  • Eventual height: 150cm (5ft)
  • Hardiness: Needs winter protection to flower
  • Leaf colour: Pale green
  • Flowering: Summer into autumn
  • Fragrance:
  • Situation: Winter protection
  • Wildlife:

Project Details

FAMILY

Scrophulariaceae

Place of Origin

Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan Provinces of China plus Myanmar

Plant Heritage

Accession Number B049

All details of our collection are held on the main Plant Heritage database including plant name, accession number, date of accession and plant source.

 

  • Genus Buddleja
  • Species myriantha
  • Category Tender Species Shrub
  • Colours and sizes are approximate and are intended as a guideline, cultivation notes should be followed

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